Daniel Hannan MEP becomes a worldwide internet phenomenon

About 25 hours ago, Conservative MEP Daniel Hannan posted onto YouTube the video of speech he delivered yesterday afternoon in the chamber of the European Parliament in Strasbourg, during which, for want of a better phrase, he well and truly monstered Gordon Brown.

As soon as I saw it, I also posted the clip onto our PlayPolitical site and just a day later - with a little help from a Drudge Report link - nearly 80,000over 260,000 (as at 10pm Wednesday) over 575,000 (as at 6.30am Thursday) people have watched it, making it the most viewed YouTube clip in the world today.

I have known Daniel for a decade and apart from being a robust eurosceptic who is fluent in a number of languages, he is an extremely articulate Conservative. His exposure on the web over the last 24 hours will have won him some new fans, and I imagine that they, like those of us who have known of his abilities for rather longer, would join me in hoping the party makes the best use of those talents in the months and years ahead.

The video is totally addictive. I just watched it again. The irony of course is that he only got to reply to Brown because he got kicked out of the EPP.
He's put up 2 more vids today. His YouTube channel is better than telly.

A master class performance and a lesson to the totally ineffective conservative opposition, if you can call it an opposition, in the HoC. This man should be leading a new and reformed party at Westminster. Such energy and conviction is so lacking there. For eleven years the tory party has wittered along while their mates of the NU Lab party have destroyed British education, the NHS, police, and the armed services as well as the economy. Quite an achievement in such a short time. Only with a supine opposition was this possible.

So the question is: why is Hannan wasting his talents in the Puppet Parliament? Why is not in Westminster?
I understand he will stand again for the European "parliament" this year. Does any insider know if he has been selected yet for a safe seat in Westminster??

It's gone viral, The reason being that it sums up in a visual and very articulate way what many people over here and in the US think the Bailout is going to do. I think the spectator is right, will the internet make this a story?

Just goes to show the Eurofedarists within our party one of the very many real advantages of not being hamstrung by the EPP-ED connection. As opposed to their nefarious waffle about losing influence when our whole MEP group becomes as free to speak as Dan Hannan now is.

While I agree that the Conservative party must take its share of the blame for NuLab taking over the country and wrecking it, I would doubt if this speech would get any attention if made in the Commons. (Cameron, Hague and particularly Osborne have made some real good speeches but nobody is interested about what happens in the Commons any more.)The great thing was that Hannan was talking to Europe who Brown is trying to make out are all following his brave leadership.

A sound bite from this speech was played on the Rusch Limbaugh radio show today in the USA with the immensely popular and influential host telling listeners in the states "The Republican party over here can learn a lot from the boldness of this man!" Great job and lets hear more of it!!

I don't think I've ever seen a more perfect three minutes of oratory. Not a word was wasted, he crushed the pathetic Brown like the rancid simpering prune that he is.

I think this video should play on loop, on every terrestrial television channel, from now until election day. Every single man, woman and child should be made, by law, to own this video and to watch it morning, noon and night, lest they for one second forget who is responsible for the wreckage of our country.

Yes, but what I don't like is the way some immediately use this speech as a stick to beat the one man who is our greatest asset with the voting public and has singelhandedly done more than anyone else (and it must be said in the teeth of guys who miror Hannan) to make the Tories electable, namely David Cameron.

Yes to the questions, this is proper oratory, the type we so rarely see these days, this stuff raises people passions. None of that namby pamby stuff cuddly dumbed down stuff we get from our "domestic" politicians, it may be that Westminster has developed a peculiar culture when it comes to how they communicate, it's another problem with people no longer caring about politics.

So a plea to the front bench, learn from this vid please, we want more...

Dan is brilliant in Europe and this was an ideal opportunity post-EPP departure to deal with Brown. The timing was just right for this.

Unfortunately, if he were in the Commons instead, almost certainly he wouldn't be allowed to do what he has just done. No: he is the right place for his talents, as matters currently stand, which is a sad reflection on the state of our own Parliament, especially with the present Speaker of the Commons.

I was amazed at the complete lack of coverage of both speeches by the National Press and TV channels this morning! I agree this needs to go viral - it could become a defining moment in the eventual downfall of our dreadful Prime Minister!

One of the best speeches I have heard for a long time. It nailed everything wrong with Gordon Brown on its head. What annoyed me was the silly smirk on Gordon's face? What the hell has he got to laugh about? I bet the 2 million plus unemployed are not laughing thanks to this clown! MR HANNAN YOU ARE A HERO!

But Hannan supports Obama who has the same economic policies as Brown. What was it Hannan said? Oh yes, I remember: "I see you've already mastered the essential craft of the European politician, namely the ability to say one thing in this chamber and a very different thing to your home electorate."

I enjoyed the speech but it would've been so much better if it hadn't been delivered by a hypocrite.

According to "Twitter " appears Hannan was on Fox News in US withing the last couple hours on the Cavulo show, where he said if he had been American he would have voted for Ron Paul! That will have gone down a treat with US republicans... goes down well with me! As I agree...

The reason Mr. Hannan isn't on the Conservative front bench where he belongs is twofold. First Mr. Cameron is using him to divert EU electoral votes from UKIP although the vast majority of those below him on the SE list are EUphile. Secondly, Mr. Cameron is EUphile himself and would not want someone whose views represent the majority both of Conservatives and the rest of the UK showing him up by putting forward a viewpoint in the HoC which is utterly at odds with his own.

As for his speech. With the exception of the fact that it was directed at the PM, it was no better than many of his others. By this I mean it was excellent.

260k and the you tube counter is behind the curve timewise. Its interesting that the Internet is now king and there is nothing Pravda can do about it. The BBC seem to think if they don't report it, it didnt happen. Thats no longer true.

An absolutely superb speech. So much said in three short minutes. I hope Her Majesty the Queen was watching too, after her meeting with Mervyn King. Hopefully it might inspire her to invite the generals for tea before long.

I'm so glad that Gordie had to sit through this. He is so psychologically deficient that he couldn't show his true feelings for the content of the speech - the inane grin is far worse than anything else. The guy needs therapy - and fast (and the Conservatives need Dan in Parliament fast too!).